Data for 2014

Youth Unemployment Rate, 2014

Name: Youth Unemployment Rate, 2014
Creator: International Labour Organization (ILO)
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2014, as ILO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Youth Unemployment Rate, 2014 covers 187 countries. Djibouti is highest, at 72.035; Niger is lowest, at 0.674. The middle country reads 14.767. Against 2013, 186 values changed (86 up, 100 down), the same countries are covered.

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Youth Unemployment Rate · Data for 2014

HighestDjibouti

72.035

LowestNiger

0.674

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

187countries
1measure
2014the year it describes
187distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Youth Unemployment Rate, 2014, as published. ILO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Youth Unemployment Rate, 2014: every country, as published by International Labour Organization (ILO).
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1	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	72.035
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	64.598
3	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	53.169
4	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	53.073
5	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	52.645
6	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	51.194
7	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	50.680
8	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	49.309
9	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	47.855
10	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	47.632
11	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	45.703
12	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	42.669
13	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	42.008
14	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	40.641
15	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	39.554
16	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	38.733
17	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	38.207
18	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	37.367
19	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	36.912
20	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	36.376
21	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	36.330
22	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	36.008
23	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	35.979
24	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	35.743
25	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	35.658
26	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	35.516
27	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	35.457
28	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	34.663
29	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	34.600
30	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	34.092
31	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	33.548
32	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	33.056
33	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	32.198
34	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	30.705
35	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	28.993
36	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	28.603
37	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	27.612
38	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	27.283
39	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	26.927
40	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	26.745
41	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	26.348
42	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	26.297
43	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	25.664
44	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	24.972
45	France`FRA`Western Europe	24.828
46	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	24.761
47	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	24.728
48	India`IND`Southern Asia	24.709
49	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	24.364
50	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	24.278
51	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	24.230
52	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	24.092
53	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	23.774
54	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	23.732
55	Guyana`GUY`South America	23.693
56	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	23.636
57	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	23.573
58	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	23.416
59	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	23.225
60	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	22.821
61	Channel Islands`CHI`Northern Europe	20.544
62	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	20.454
63	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	20.378
64	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	20.236
65	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	19.970
66	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	19.908
67	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	19.772
68	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	19.595
69	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	19.576
70	Uruguay`URY`South America	19.422
71	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	19.348
72	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	19.258
73	Argentina`ARG`South America	19.137
74	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	18.781
75	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	18.374
76	Belize`BLZ`Central America	18.272
77	Colombia`COL`South America	18.245
78	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	17.999
79	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	17.698
80	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	17.525
81	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	17.512
82	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	17.358
83	Chile`CHL`South America	16.976
84	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	16.554
85	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	15.977
86	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	15.841
87	Suriname`SUR`South America	15.603
88	Brazil`BRA`South America	15.496
89	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	15.464
90	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	15.327
91	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	15.211
92	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	14.975
93	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	14.854
94	Venezuela`VEN`South America	14.767
95	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	14.435
96	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	14.196
97	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	14.109
98	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	14.053
99	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	14.003
100	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	13.578
101	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	13.415
102	United States`USA`Northern America	13.411
103	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	13.343
104	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	13.311
105	Canada`CAN`Northern America	13.203
106	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	12.529
107	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	12.207
108	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	11.961
109	Honduras`HND`Central America	11.865
110	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	11.696
111	Panama`PAN`Central America	11.523
112	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	11.372
113	Paraguay`PRY`South America	11.097
114	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	10.814
115	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	10.799
116	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	10.508
117	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	10.507
118	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	10.429
119	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	10.122
120	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	10.094
121	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	9.896
122	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	9.770
123	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	9.726
124	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	9.597
125	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	9.566
126	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	9.465
127	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	9.442
128	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9.418
129	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	9.358
130	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	9.307
131	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	9.202
132	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	9.066
133	Ecuador`ECU`South America	9.031
134	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	9.023
135	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	8.842
136	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	8.597
137	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	8.594
138	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	8.437
139	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	8.378
140	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	8.275
141	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	8.129
142	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	8.044
143	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	7.786
144	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	7.628
145	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	7.612
146	Peru`PER`South America	7.550
147	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	7.253
148	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	7.027
149	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	6.945
150	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6.835
151	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	6.825
152	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.753
153	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	6.596
154	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	6.299
155	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	6.198
156	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5.974
157	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	5.882
158	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5.823
159	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5.691
160	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	5.498
161	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	5.398
162	Bolivia`BOL`South America	4.774
163	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4.701
164	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4.666
165	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	4.341
166	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	4.052
167	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.996
168	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.962
169	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	3.886
170	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	3.838
171	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.693
172	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	3.634
173	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.608
174	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.414
175	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.324
176	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3.113
177	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.927
178	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2.538
179	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	2.298
180	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.243
181	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.575
182	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.554
183	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.390
184	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1.294
185	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.056
186	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.737
187	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.674

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Djibouti72.035
2Bosnia and Herzegovina64.598
3Spain53.169
4North Macedonia53.073
5Greece52.645

Lowest

187Niger0.674
186Qatar0.737
185Cambodia1.056
184Solomon Islands1.294
183Chad1.390

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 14.767. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
186values changed, of 187 in both
86 · 100rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Albania31.207 → 39.554+8.347
Luxembourg16.289 → 24.278+7.989
Ukraine17.643 → 23.573+5.930
Ghana4.718 → 9.307+4.589
Barbados29.111 → 33.056+3.945

Fell most

Guam27.064 → 17.999−9.065
Slovakia33.711 → 26.745−6.966
Hungary26.545 → 20.378−6.167
Greece58.491 → 52.645−5.846
Montenegro41.825 → 36.008−5.817

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

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Every year in this series comes from ILO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2014.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 187 countries has every column.

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International Labour Organization (ILO) (2014). Youth Unemployment Rate, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/youth-unemployment/2014

0635 held

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